DENVER, Colo. (July 12, 2021) – Washington State pitcher Zane Mills was selected in the fourth round by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft Monday.
Mills, taken as the No. 120 overall pick, is the highest Cougar pitcher drafted since Adam Conley was taken in the second round and No. 72 overall by the Florida Marlins in 2011. Mills is just the sixth Cougar drafted by the Cardinals and first since Ken Cameron in 1995.
Mills joins teammate Kyle Manzardo, who was selected in the second round by the Tampa Bay Rays, as the first set of Cougar teammates drafted in the first four rounds of the same draft since Aaron Sele and Scott Hatteberg were both taken in the first round of the 1991 draft.